Mac and Windows are very popular among every age group whether it is the age group of 18-30 or the age group between 30-55. Counting from all the technical experts to kids of this new generation, almost every individual is obsessed rather with the Mac or Windows. If we talk about Windows, we all know the latest version of Windows is Windows 12 whereas the latest version of Mac is macOS 11.O Big Sur.
Mac vs Windows
The main difference between Mac and Windows is its interface. Mac has a simple and subtle interface whereas Windows is a feature-rich but complicated interface. You can run Windows on Mac OS but you can’t run macOS on Windows yet.
Comparison Table Between Mac and Windows
| Parameters of Comparison | Mac | Windows |
| Developers | Mac or Macintosh is developed and designed by Apple Incorporation. | Windows is developed and designed by Microsoft Incorporation. |
| Launching Year | Macintosh was launched in the year 2001. | Windows was launched in the year 1985 |
| Compatible Devices | Mac is designed to be specifically used only for Apple products. | Windows is designed to be used for every PC in general. |
| Latest Version | The latest version of Macintosh is 11.0 Big Sur. | Windows 10 is known as the latest version of Windows. |
| Type of Kernel | Macintosh has a Hybrid type of Kernel. | Windows also has the Hybrid type of Kernel. |
| Package Installer | The package installer for Macintosh is MacOS. | The package installer for Windows is MSI (Medium Scale Integration )or any other custom package installer. |
| Software Update | The software update package for Macintosh is Software Update. | The software update package for Windows is Windows update. |
| Native APIs | Macintosh deals with Java, Cocoa, Carbon BSD-POSIX as the Native APIs. | Windows deals with Win32 and NT API as the Native APIs. |
| Supported Files | Macintosh supports APFS, HFS, and HFS+, UFS, AFP, ISSO 9660, UDF,NFS,FAT, SMBFS,NTFS, FTP, WebDAV and ZFS etc. | Windows supports NTFS, APFS, ISO 9660, UDF, HFS+, FATX, and HFS. |
What is Mac?
Mac is developed by Apple Inc and its OS family is Unix, Macintosh. macOS is written in c, c++, c-objective, and swift assembly language. Mac is available in 39 languages currently. Mac has a hybrid kernel and Aqua (Graphic) User Interface. Earlier macOS was also known as Mac OS X.
The initial release of Mac was on March 24th of the year 2001 which is approximately 19 years ago. The latest release of Mac was on November 19th of the year 2020 which is macOS 11.0 known as Big Sur. The latest beta release of Mac was on 17th November of the year 2020 which was a beta version of Big Sur.
The older updates of Mac are:
- 10.15 – Catalina
- 10.14 – Mojave
- 10.13 – High Sierra
- 10.12 – Sierra
- 10.11 – El Captain
- 10.10 – Yosemite
- 10.9 – Mavericks
- 10.8 – Mountain Lion
- 10.7 – Lion
- 10.6 – Snow Leopard
- 10.5 – Leopard
- 10.4 – Tiger
- 10.3 – Panther
- 10.2 – Jaguar
- 10.1 – Puma
- 10.0 – Cheetah, etc.